Camp chair



March 23 1926. 1,577,807

N. ORWICK CAMP CHAIR Filed may 25, 1925 2 Sheets-sheet 1 1,577,807 A MQHVQHCK CAMP CHAIR 2 Smeets-Sheet 2 Filed May 25l 1925 Patented Mar. 23,192.6.

F l Q E ar 'r NELSON, ORWICK, F FLINDLAY, O'HlO.

CAMP CHAIR.

Application inea May 25, 1925. serial No. eases.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, NELSON Onwicii, a. citizenot the United States,Y residing at Findlay, in the county et Hancock andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful LCamp Cha-ir, ot which thefollowing is a spec-ilication.

This invention aims toA provide a novel device which may be used vat thewill of an operator either as a stool having legs, or as a seat adaptedto be used in a rewboat, a swivel mechanism being provided, so that theseat may be turned about, novel ieans being provided whereby the entiredevice may be housed in small compass when not in use'. v

Itis within theprovince of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility ot devices ol thattype to which the inventionappertains.

lith the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment ot the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope ot what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying` drawings Figure l shows in perspective, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a verticalsection taken through the structure delineated in Figur-e 1; Figure 3 isa section wherein the back has been shut down, the legs being engaged bythe clamp; Figure et is a perspective view wherein the back has beenclosed down, the legs being in pla-ce; Figure is a bottom plan whereinthe legs have been swung, with the clamp, up against the base; Figure 6is a view similar to Figure 5 but showing the parte without the legs.

The device forming the subject matter of this application comprises acup-shaped base 1. .Bearings 2 are secured to the under surface of thetop of the base 1. The inner arm of a U-shaped bracket 3 is mounted toswing in the bearings 2. The outer aim of the bracket 3 carries aclamping device, such as a screw 4. There are circumferentially spacedvertical leg-holders, preterably in the form of sockets 5, on the innersurface of the riin of the base l. Into the sockets 5, the upper endsoi'Z removable legs 6 ma7 be inserted, when the devicepis to be used asa stool, as in Figure d. iVhen the parts are arranged shown in Figureil', the bracket l may be turned up parallel with the top ,o't' the basel, within the rim ot the base, and be held in that position by movingthe screw 4t outwardly until it bears against the rim et the base, asshown in Figure 6. Then the device is to be mounted on the thwart 7 of askill?, the legs 6 are removed from thersockets 5, and the clamp bracket3 is swung' down at rio'ht angles to the top ot' the base, shown inFigure 2, the edge oi the thwart '7 being received in the bracket 3, andthe screw f being advanced until it bears against the under surface olthe thwart T, to hold the device on the thwart 7 as shown in Figures land 2. `TWhen itis desired to stow the structure in small space, thelegs 6 are placed between the inner and outerV parts of the bracket 3,and .the screw l is advanced to bind the legs againstl the inner part ofthe bracket, as in Figure 3. The bracket v3 then is swungup parallelwith the top ot' the base, within the rim ol the base, as disclosed inFigure 5, the outer end ot the screw t engaging frictionally with therim ot the base l to hold the bracket 3 and the legs 6 parallel with thetop ot' the base. The mechanism for mounting the clamping-means on thebase for swinging movement, embodies the bearings 2, wherein the part 25ot the clamping means is journaled, the aforesaid part of theclamping-means heilig provided with a projection QG which spaces thestacked legs trom the bearings, thereby enabling the clamping-means andthe stacked legs to be swung freely with respect to the base.

The device comprises a rotatable seat S. The seat comprises an invertedcup-shaped body 9 litting over the base l, a bottom l() being`peripherally secured at ll to an upstanding bead on the top of the body9n the bead being designated by the numeral l2, and there being a spaceis between the upperportion of the body 9 and the bottom 3 0. A pivotelement 15 connects the upper portion ot the body 9 with the upperportion of the base l so that the seat 8 can rotate about a verticalaxis. The space 14. between the bottom 10 and the upper portion of thebody 9 accommodates the. head ofthe-pivot element l5. It is to beobserved thatthe bottom extends above the upper end of the pivot element15, and, consequently, the pivot element will not contribute to thediscomfort of the user of the device. The numeral 16 .denotes a bachwhich is connected by a hinge 17 with the rear edge of the bottom 10.Flexible retainers 18, in the form of chains, are connected to the back16 and to the bottom 10 of the seat S and hold the back 1G at the properangle, as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

1n Figure et, the back 16 has been turned down on the bottom 10 of theseat, the device thus serving as a stool. It will be clear that the back16 may be thrown into the position shown. in Figure 1, when the deviceis used as a stool, as in Figure 4; and it is equally clear that whenthe structure is mounted on the thwart 7, the baci; 1G may be turneddown onto the bottom 10, into the position shown in Figure 1. ishetherthe article be used as a legged stool, or be employed after the mannerdisclosed in Figure 1, the operator can swing the seat 8 on the pivotelement l5, thus acquiring' the advantages of a swivel chair. Figure 4i,compared with 'Figure will render it evident that when the occasion forVthe use of the'article has passed, it may be stowed away in small andcompact form.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device ofthe class described, comprising a base, a seat carried by the base,

legs of such dimensions that they may be housed beneath the base, meanson the base for receiving` the legs, a support-engaging clamping-meansfor receiving the legs in stacked relation when the legs are not in use,and mechanism for mounting the clampingqneans on the base for swinginglmovement, to enable the clamping-means and the legs to be swung toapproximate parallelism with the base.

A device of the class described, comprising a base, a seat carried bythe base, legs of such dimensions that they may be housed beneath thebase, means on the base for receiving` the legs, a support-engagingclamping-means for receiving the legs in stacked relation when the legsare not in use, and mechanism for mounting' the clamping-means on thebase for swinging movement, to enable the ,clamping-means and the legsto be swung to approximate parallelism with the base, said mechanismembodying' bearings on the base, wherein a part ol theclamping-meansi'is journaled, the aforesaid part ot the clamping-meansbeing' provided with a projection which spaces the stacked legs Jfromthe bearings` thereby enabling the clamping-means and the stacked lecgsto be swung freely with respect to the base.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing; as my own, l have heretoal'iixed my signature.

NELSON ORNlCK.

